Apple patent for the iPhone could end texting while driving

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24 Apr 2014, 04:33posted on

A patent received by Apple could end the deadly practice of driving while texting. The patent is titled "Driver handheld computing device lock-out" and covers lock-out mechanisms that prevent certain capabilities of a mobile phone, like texting, to be used when the phone's user is driving. The patent reveals the use of a motion analyzer to determine if a phone is in a moving vehicle...

Volvo did infact granted patent on their seatbelt. But Volvo made sure it was free to use for all. They filed it only for recognition and to avoid abuse from other manufacturers.
If only Apple would do the same, it would be nice.

So if I am a mature adult who wouldnt text and drive I have to suffer because of some retarted people who cause accidents cause of it? And what if a text can save a life and I dont get it cause of this crap? Seriously educate the kids better since thats the root of this crap and dont just make all the other sensible people suffer.

Well they both have multiple product lines, but Samsung is a behemoth compared to Apple. They are also into the business of researching, inventing and actually bringing to market useful things. Simply, it doesn't matter who has more patents, it matters what they use them for. Apple is largely a troll that makes a ridiculous amount of money and Samsung actually tries to help while making a ridiculous amount of money.

Using hands free tech more dangerous than drunk driving, safety nazi BS! This sounds like a study that found drinking calorie free diet soda caused weight gain. And why should passengers also be forbade the use of their phones?

1) Being a Jew, I take offense to your misuse of the word Nazi to describe someone you do not agree with. Especially with Sunday night making the beginning of Yom Ha'Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance).

2) There have been multiple independent studies conducted which state the danger of using phone driving. Be it hands free or handheld. There have also been many medical studies not only on how diet sodas cause weight gain, but other medical problems it causes. Aspartame is a chemical compound that simulates sugar for flavoring purposes. The body then craves the sugars it is being tricked into believing it has gotten, and seeks then out in foods high in starches and carbohydrates. On top of that, aspartame is highly carcinogenic and triggers seizures in those prone to epilepsy.

Lastly if you read the article, it clearly states it would use positioning a vehicle determine if one were driving. Although AT&T developed software already that uses accelerometer to disable text once reaches a certain speed.

I read the article, the line I inadvertently deleted questioned the ability of this to work effectively, others in the thread have already pointed out the dangers of cell users trying to work around it. I also object to phones, cars or other devices blocking users or making my decisions for me.
Health and diet studies are discredited on a constant basis, just look at the "unhealthy" foods that are suddenly "healthy" again.
Too many safety studies are for the purpose of insurance companies to raise rates and deny claims, and control freaks to do their thing.
You're right, inappropriate use of that N word. As long as you raise the subject, I take offense at the inappropriate and excessive referencing of the Holocaust in the American conversation, it too often cheapens one humanity's worst events.
I applied better proofreading to this post than the previous.

So now drivers will try to hold their phones in the back seat or passages seat so they can still text while the vehicle is moving. I think this is a step in the right direction at least. So if your at a stop light you can use the phone then? Will this also kill using the phone via the cars Bluetooth for calls?

This is just ridiculous. Were phones that a menace to driving, from almost none to almost all drivers having one, accidents should have skyrocketed, yet they have actually decreased. The facts bear witness that calling, texting and using the phone do not affect driving, at least not more than putting make up, reading the newspaper, messing with the radio or AC do. If we put safety first, we'll not even leave our homes, much less create advanced communication devices. Safety third!

I don't know what world you live in, but in MINE I see people driving and using their phones CONSTANTLY. Eating, makeup, reading.. sure it all happens, but I can't pick out a constant stream of people doing it every day.

Then why haven't accidents got proportionally worse with the increased number of cell phone users, especially after the popularization of smart phones? Could it just maybe be because people do it when it's reasonably prudent and not for very long?

Forget the hand. Multitasking is humanly impossible. The brain is threaded, not multicore. If you're currently texting, then you're not currently driving, but you're still responsible for the safety of everyone around your fatal machine.

So, what about my case where my phone remains in my pocket and I can send and receive texts through the car. I can dictate texts and send them and the car can read to me received texts through the car speakers. This patent will not stop this because my phone is still in my pocket.

Well looks like i'm swtiching from Apple to Android. What if you are expecting an important call? It won't come in and you miss, baby being born, a death in the family, an accident that happened, a job opening, ect.. This in my opinion will not be useful at all. If you're really busy that day, and also expecting the phone call then you better drop everything else and stay home.

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